Nonna’s Homemade Raviolis
Ingredients - tools needed: Ravioli Machine & Ravioli Dough Cutter Grinder Wheel
Dough
Filling (Approx. 30 Raviolis)
Instructions
DOUGH:
- Add all ingredients in a bowl. Mix by hand and cover
FILLING:
- Brown beef & pork in a skillet with a small amount of olive oil
- Remove from pan and put into bowl
- Add:
- parmesan
- ricotta
- spinach
- parsley
- salt & pepper
- Mix by hand until all ingredients are blended together
- Cover and refrigerate
DOUGH:
- Take dough out of bowl & put on floured surface
- Cut into two sections, roll out with rolling pin
- Feed through dough machine
Starting on setting #1 and making your way to setting #4. Make sure you continually flour the rollers on the machine so the dough does not stick- Place the dough on floured surface and add 1 heaping spoon of meat filling 2 inches or so apart until there is no room left
- Place the second dough over the top
- Gently, with the side of your hand, press down in between the lumps to form the raviolis. Cut with the grinder wheel staying away from the filling area
- Finish edge with fork by pressing down all around the 4 sides
- Sprinkle cornmeal on cookie sheet
- Put raviolis on cookie sheet and put in freezer
- When frozen, put in Ziploc bags
- Put bags in freezer
- Fill large pot with 2/3 water and bring to boil
- Reduce heat
- Add frozen raviolis to water and boil on a lower setting for 5-7 minutes
- Strain gently so they do not break apart
- Serve with your favorite sauce - or you can make Nonna's Sauce (link)
Bon Appetit
